Interview with the Sustainable Fashion Academy: Cleaning up the Apparel Industry Through Climate Policy and Incentives
The textiles industry currently produces up to 3.29 gigatons of carbon dioxide emissions yearly – 2-8% of emissions worldwide. To curb climate change and meet ambitious EU targets to cut greenhouse gases by 50% throughout their value chain, companies need to act now. But many organizations don’t know where to start. That’s where initiatives like […]
An Interview With the Policy Hub: Why Education and Advocacy Should Drive EU Engagement
Ohana’s new series of interviews with companies, industry associations, and policymakers is a must for organizations who want to learn how to engage effectively with the EU policy landscape. Earlier this summer, we kicked off the series by speaking with eco-friendly textiles company Sympatex, who told us how small players can get their voice heard […]
The EU’s Sustainable Chemicals Strategy: A Primer for Textile Companies
The EU has some of the strictest regulations in the world governing industry use of chemicals. But it’s still not enough to ensure that the chemicals used in manufacturing, packaging, and commercialising products are safe and sustainable. To fulfil the ambition of the European Green Deal, and meet climate goals like zero pollution by 2050, […]
How a Small Player Gets Their Voice Heard in Brussels: An Interview With Sympatex
For many smaller organizations, EU institutions seem like a black box. There’s a flurry of activity behind closed doors in Brussels where decisions get made. Then, new policy appears – policy that deeply affects how every single EU business operates. But companies of any size can learn how to engage with the EU and positively […]
Overcoming Barriers to Create a Secondary Raw Materials Market
In March 2020, the European Commission adopted a new Circular Economy Action Plan (CEAP) that aims to make goods sold on the EU market clean, circular, and sustainable. As part of the new European Green Deal, the CEAP is key to achieving the EU’s ambitious environmental goals, which include carbon neutrality by 2050. Sustainable waste […]
How to prepare for the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive
Current EU rules on non-financial reporting are undergoing a major refit, and, once approved by Parliament and Council, this will transform how companies are held accountable for their sustainability impacts. The EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) requires a broader range of companies to disclose their environmental impact and ensures this information is released in […]
Ohana, Protect Our Winters Europe & 1% for the Planet: A Collaboration with Real Impact
We’ve written before about the importance of holding companies that make green claims to high sustainability standards. Organizations who talk green need to act green. This is the only way for business leaders to promote real environmental change and build genuine trust in the marketplace. Here at Ohana, we hold ourselves to even higher standards. We […]
How to Align Your Departments for Your Sustainability Strategy
In the early days, corporate sustainability was often seen as a philanthropic practice separate from the aims of the core business departments. Sustainability was thought of as an add-on rather than a key goal relevant to every division. Unsurprisingly, this approach often led to organizational silos and misalignment. We’ve come a long way since then. […]
Ohana Consultancy, Your Public Affairs Consultant, Is Now Live
We’ve been in public affairs since 2007. Back then, while the world was going through the Great Recession, Europe adopted the first progress report on the Sustainable Development Strategy. They decided that sustainable development was important to them and that they would have to start implementing some rules to make progress. As nations started to […]
4 Ways a Public Affairs Consultant Can Help Your Business
European companies are scrambling to go green in the upcoming years. Policymakers are moving fast. The EU Green Deal is the new EU Growth strategy, and in the next 5 years, this EU Commission is determined to drive a sustainable revolution. European companies will need to be on top of legislation to continue operating. But […]